i'm andrea roane. here's some stories we are following for you.cial federal hearing on the explosion at the upper branch mine is expect to be held today in beckly, west virginia. relatives of some of the miners killed in the explosion are among those scheduled to testify. >>> a senate committee heard testimony on the exmotion testimony. >>> crews are taking measures in to their own hands. the state won't wait for federal approval to build sand barriers to protect the coastline. he made the comment on sunday as oil pushes in to the heart of louisiana marshes. we say good morning to howard bernstein. welcome back. hope you had a good weekend. >> it was a good weekend in in spite of the showers. this morning a couple of light sprinkles out there in fairfax. southern montgomery back to laurel, jessup up and down i-95 and 295, we are seeing lighter showers. on the weather computer i want to show you the action. heavy across the carolinas. for us everything is moving west southwest. temperatures in the 60s. muggy this morning. more clouds than sunshine

i'm andrea roane. devon lucie is in for howard bernstein.e the weather in a just a minute. angie will have the traffic but we want to start with devon because bikers are getting ready to head out on this national bike to work day. >> losing all chances of rain for the forecast. a beautiful day. even going to be the shorts and t-shirt weather by the afternoon and mid-morning. let's look at where we currently stand with our temperatures where you are. mid to upper 50s to lower 60s. officially reading at 62 at dca and looking at temperatures a little farther outside

i'm andrea roane. thanks for joining us. angie goff is here. she will have the traffic in a moment.. >> we will have more on the chili, too because anita and i were there testing it. >> and if you are a facebook friend of mine you probably saw the picture i posted on saturday where i was grilling in the rain with the umbrella. >> that's a little desperate. >> yeah. we had neighbors and had to grill. go to live doppler 9000 hd. we had a couple of sprinkles to share with you. not a lot of rain but in faulkier county we are watching sprinkles there and to the north and east fairly light. to charles county those things are falling apart. not that we had a lot to begin with. north of haymarket out to hume and flint hill the stuff is moving west southwest this morning and just to the north and east we have been watching a few light sprinkles through bethesda and northwest there up to wheaton and just on the border with montgomery at howard county south of clarksville. other temperatures in the 60s this morning. it is muggy. mid 80s with a chance of a shower during the day. keep the umbrel

i'm andrea roane. >>> angie goff will have the traffic in a moment. howard bernstein is here with a look

i'm andrea roane. angie goff will have the traffic in a moment. right now howard bernstein has a look at the forecast and it's the s word for spectacular. >> exactly. a good ve

i'm andrea roane. angie goff will have the traffic in a moment. right now devon lucie is here in for howard. he has a look at the forecast? wrapping up the week in perfect fashion. temperatures here this morning, 52, 62-degree temperatures an back to the 80s

i'm andrea roane.t in the attempted car bombing in new york city is going to face charges this morning. he said he received training in pakistan and he is facing terrorism and weapons of mass destruction charges. >>> police in charlottesville, virginia are investigating whether a lacrosse player made threats to a team player he is accused of killing. they say he kicked in the door of yeardley love's bedroom. >>> federal officials are setting up a second team to investigate the blast at a west virginia coal mine. they will work anonymously with miners and the victims and others who fear retaliation are speaking out. 29 were killed in that explosion. >>> it is cinco de mayo owe. it is a day of celebration in weather? here's howard. >> excellent. whatever you want to call it. it is a superb day out there. temperature-wise across the east it is a little cool. 61 national. 50s and a few upper 40sin the northern shenandoah valley but a nice day. cool stuff albany to new england. locally 49 from winchester th

i'm andrea roane. howard is off today but devon lucie is on the weather terrace with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we are looking at temperatures that are a little cool in spots. middle to upper 50s. 58 at national airport. look at where you are and a lot of 40s or 50s rather showing up. 48 manassas and got a call from charlie in catlett and he is 551. temperatures in the region, a lot of 50s for most of us. look at the satellite an radar together. we see a few clouds in and around this morning. a lot of sunshine and some rain is showing up as well but the appalachians will block those today. they will play part in our forecast as we go saturday this to sunday. 82 by noon. 86 by 5:00 and 6:00 hour. talk about the rain chances in the full forecast and have a spotlight on virginia's forecast in seven minutes. right now it is traffic with angie. >>> rise an shine. hope you are off to a great friday this morning. overall good news here. looks like most of the accidents have cleared with exception to that one wreck that we take you out to in anne arundel county.

i'm andrea roane. thanks for joining us this wednesday morning. angie goff will have the traffic in a moment. howard is starting us off with a really, really nice forecast. >> yeah. going to be a great day today. a lot of outdoor lunches, long ones i would imagine. wear the sun screen and while you will need the jacket if this morning you won't need it for long. the winds were blowing yesterday, breezy gusts, 20 to 25 miles an hour and much lighter today. the temperatures this morning in the -- above 60 at national thanks to the relative warmth of the water. 54 ocean city. and you hear the waves lapping at the beach. just imagine that, if you will. locally we were looking at 40s and 50s. terrific day ahead. the humidity levels are down. there's weather at national, but it is generally clear out there. i don't know why it isn't showing up. 62 right now. 9:00, sunny and 65. noon, sunny and 74. 5:00 sunny and 80. humidity levels will be down and the winds won't be that strong. we are looking at 5:30 right now. angie goff is standing by with the wedne

i'm andrea roane. howard bernstein is out on the weather terrace.nother great day for kayaker and everyone else. >> the birds are singing, the skies are clear, the sun is up. a spectacular day. one of the ten best days 0 the year, i believe with lighter winds opposed to yesterday when they were gusty. look outside with a little bit of rain off the carolina coast. that's pulling away. the next line of 0 showers and storms through the push p of michigan approaching chicago, that may bother us tomorrow afternoon. between the two lines, high pressure is in control. and it's a really nice morning. 60 at reagan national. 46 manassas. so we have pockets, like in winchester and martinsburg and cumberland where you are in the 40s. 52 culpeper and leesburg and andrews air force base. but 60 in southern maryland and 58 for lou anne on the bay. a great day ahead, sunny and 80- degrees this afternoon. can't get much better than that. how about the commute this morn something here's angie. >> sun glare will be a factor this morning. a reminder to pack those shade